Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List Of Figures ix
4. List Of Musical Examples xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One. The Image Of Truth
8. 1. Founding Arcadia: The Aesthetics Of Verisimilitude And Buon Gusto 17
9. 2. Performing L’Endimione: A History and Reappraisal of Guidi’s Favola pastorale 39
10. 3. Reading the Classics: Intellectual and Cultural Resonances in Gravina’s Discorso sopra l’Endimione 75
11. Part Two. The Truth Of Representation
12. 4. Reconciling Icon, Mythos, And Tupos: The Role Of Images In L’Endimione 103
13. 5. Believing in Opera: Visual Modes in Alessandro Scarlatti’s La Statira 126
14. 6. Deceiving the Eye: Mirror, Statue, and Stone in Carlo Francesco Pollarolo’s La forza della virtù 173
15. Epilogue: Constructing Gender and Politics; Queen Christina’s Image 210
16. Notes 225
17. Bibliography 283
18. Index 301